Absolutes Quote by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Napoleon affords us an example of the danger of elevating one's self to the absolute, and sacrificing everything to the carrying out of an idea.”
“Napoleon affords us an example of the danger of elevating one's self to the absolute, and sacrificing everything to the carrying out of an idea.”
![“To the very last, he [Napoleon] had a kind of idea; that, namely, of la carrière ouverte aux talents, - the tools to him that can handle them.” quote by John Keats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/7a3/john-keats-620_handle_to-the-very-last-he-napoleon-had-a-kind_973874.jpg)
![“The popular image [in England] of Bonaparte as a blood-stained tyrant and bandit was admittedly exaggerated, but instinct told even the most radical among the English that if liberty, equality, and justice were ever to come to their shores, it certainly was not Napoleon who would bring them there.” quote by J. Christopher Herold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/dfc/j-christopher-herold-30177_freedom_the-popular-image-in-england-of-bonapart_1033829.jpg)
![“Their [the U.S.’s] defense budget in absolute figures is almost 25 times bigger than Russia’s. This is what in defense is referred to as ‘their home — their fortress.’ And good for them, I say. Well done!” quote by Vladimir Putin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ec3/vladimir-putin-261_absolutes_their-the-u-s-s-defense-budget-in-absolu_10791.jpg)
